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Patented May 4, 1915.

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TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Application file d October 3, 1913.r Serial No. 7932241.

To all whom t may concern: f

Be it known that l, J AMES N. RATTERREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and 5 State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which ythe following isa specification.

This inventionielates to tires such as are yin common use on automobiles, the object of the invention being to provide a novel and effective armor for pneumatic vtires which will render the tire puncture proof and also eliminate the weakening of the tire to an extent which will result in what is known as a blow out.

The/puncture and blow out proof expedi- A ent forming the subject matter of this invention/ and hereinafter particularly described may either be incorporated 1n the outer casing itself and form a part thereof,l

or it may be utilized as an inner liner or rellIll. f4"

With/,the above and other objects in view, the 'invention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of, parts, as

illustrated andi/claimed.

In the accompanying drawii s: Figurel 1 is a cross section through a tire embodying" the protecting armor incorporated., in and forming a vpart of the outer case of shoe. Fig. 2 is a willl hereinafter be more fully described,

. plan viewof a section' df the tire, .partly broken, /w'ty.` Fig.` 3 is a side elevation of the sainte/.partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a section of the tlre with the outcr fabric and rubber partly removed to showY the metallic portions of the tlre.

Fig. 5 isy an enlarged cross sectional diagram i showing the manner of wrapping the fabric sheets or plies of fabric.

Referring lirstyto Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive wherein the protective armor is shown as incorporated in the body of the outer shoe or casingfl designates the outer layer of the outer case whichis ordinarily composed \of solid rubber, 2 designating'an/inner and relatively/'thin layer of rubler vulcanized or otherwise/fastened to the inner lsurface of p* the tread/or outer section 1.v

3, 4, 5,16, 7 andv 8 represent layers or plies of .fabric allof which lie within the outer Vrubber layers 1 and 2 above referred to-and which are employed to cover in and 'inclose l5 the metallic portions of the protector or armor hereinafter particularly described* The metallic party of the armor is formed of a pair of steel bands designated A and B, each of said bands being composed of two or mpi-e rows or longitudinal series of secltions or plates 9 of lthinjspring metal of suilicient gage to resist puncture on the part of tacks, nails and other pointed devices which are encountered in ordinary road wor k.\ The several rows or 'series of steel bands ape hingedly or pivotally connected` together'as shown at 10 so as to provide greater transverse elasticity o1" resiliency. Furthermore the outer portions of the bands are overlapped as indicated at 11 thereby giving a double thickness of metal along the tread of the tire. A small gap or space is left at 12 between the adjacent edges of the sections or plates of which the metallic armor is composed s o as to allow for the flexing of the armor as a whole. i

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be observed that the sections 9 of one band overt lap the gaps or spaces 12 between the meeting edges of the sections of the overlapping.

band or in other Words, the steel bands A and B break joint with each other thereby forming a practically continuous and unbroken metallic liner or protective armor.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 5, the preferred method 'of applying the layers or plies of fabric is shown, as related to the incorporation of the armor in the outer caseor shhoe of a tire. Two layers or plies beginning at awa extend from one clencher bead lC transversely between the two armor bands, one of Said plies terminating at the point b and the other at the point b adjacent thereto but at the opposite side of the other clencher bead D. Two other layers g/-jz/ start at the points c-c adjacent to the clenciherbead D and the triangular core E wit 1in the same and pass around the inner. face of one' of" the steel bands, thence around the other clencher bead` C forming'the innermost layer of the completed tire and exteriorly of the other steel ros as illustrated in Fig. 1, embodying the cleiuier beads C and D and the" cs an( l`.

The same principle of construction ap plies to the relincr illustrated in Fig. 5 u herein the clencher beads shown in Fig. 1 are done away with and. the edges G tapered to a .point o1' edge so that they may be over lapped and allowed to extend entirely around the inliatable inner tube now in coinmon usev in alllimeumatic tires.

In Figq I have illustrated the invention as applied to an outside protective covering designed to extend entirely around the outer case or shoe, the device shown in Fig. 6 difierng from those shown in Figs. 1 and 5 in that the edges H are turned outwardly to forni hooksv 13 which engage under the langes of the rim.

Any desired nuinl'ier of plies or thicknesses of fabric either with or Without rubbei" combined therewith may be placed around the steel bande` so as to prevent any contact between metal and metal where the steel bands overlap each other. The protective armor may of course be made' ofan'y desired size in accordance With the size of the tire and if desired additional layers or plies of fabric and rubber or glue ma be supplied to give the required strengt to resist puncture and blow outs.

What I claim is:

A protective armor for pneumatic tires,

comprising a plurality of puncture-proof.

bands extending longitudinally of the tire and having their inner marginal portions arranged in overlapping relation to each other, a fabric sheet extending from one outside margin of one band transversely around the inner face of said band between the overlapping portions of the bands and around the outer side of the opposite band, and another fabric sheet extending from the other-outside margin of the last named band around the inner faces of both bands and then returned around the outer faces of said bands.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES N. im'rrniuuaia Witnesses LoUELLA PAUL, CLAY E. SMrrH. 

